Glacier National Park is aptly named for the numerous glaciers that carve deep valleys through the rugged northern Rocky Mountains in Montana. After the winter snow melt has disappeared enough, the park blooms in wildflower meadow covered slopes dotted by deep blue glacial lakes below the jagged high peaks. Needless to say, it is an absolutely breathtaking location! Higher snowfields and glaciers continue to melt away for the rest of the short warm season at these high altitudes and northern latitudes. All of this continuous melt water is drained away by several major creeks, including McDonald Creek, which eventually runs into Lake McDonald along the Going-To-The-Sun Road. Glacial waterways and lakes tend to appear deep blue due to their concentration of glacial till, the fine silt created as glaciers slowly grind away rock surfaces. This silt is carried in the ice of the glacier until it is finally released in the melt runoff underneath or at the snout of the glaciers, and is then carried down the runoff channels. Here The Wild Images Team captures the contrast of the deep blue waters of McDonald Creek to the red colors of rock found at Red Rock Point in Glacier National Park. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images from Montana such as a group of white mountain goats as they graze the highlands, an expansive view of rocky ridges extending to the horizon, the colorfully massive wall of Hidden Lake, high altitude view of tundra and glacial lakes, a very remote reflective alpine lake covered with rocks, and an ominously approaching heavy downpour over the green foothills, all of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Montana have documented the very deep blue waters of McDonald Creek and the panoramic view of The Wild Images Team at Hidden Lake. In neighboring Wyoming, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the contrast found in the colorful grasslands and background Grand Teton National Park peaks, the varying landscape of Grand Teton National Park rocky peaks and clouds, the large antlers on display as an elk takes a look back in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, the vertical abruptness as Devils Tower rises above the red rocks and green pines, and the many hues found as the colorful badlands cover over this very remote region, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Wyoming have documented as the rugged snowy peaks rise above wildflowers, and as The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome poses for a picture at the Meeteetse “Where Chiefs Meet” welcome sign. In neighboring South Dakota we have captured images such as the bright flash of a colorful lightning strike over the badlands, the moment that a pronghorn displays its phenomenal physique, and the time that a massive bison bull came meandering past, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from South Dakota have documented the centuries long carving of the massive Crazy Horse Monument, the very majestic Mount Rushmore and the Avenue of Flags, the expansive view as wild burros walk through the rolling prairies, the ever wary prairie dog stands at attention in the prairie, the amazing location of the granite roadways through Custer State Park, when The Wild Images Team encountered a remote end of trail sign in the middle of nowhere, this close up image of textures in a colorful badlands mound, the interesting time when a flock of turkeys photobombed our image, and The Wild Images Team sunset shadows over Badlands National Park. In nearby North Dakota, we have captured images such as the contrast created by the horizontal color bands cross through yellow badlands and the entire herd as a group of wild horses cluster together on a hilltop, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts of North Dakota have documented the herd of bison grazing in the grasslands and the ever changing colorful badland mound that caps a rolling ridge.
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